Constituency
76. Biswanath
Community mirrorAssam · Assam Assembly Election, 2016
AS-BISWANATH
BJP 52.3%won by 8.2%INC 44.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 8.2%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 5.8% to 52.3% of the vote here (+46.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 89.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.2% to 86.9%.
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Electorate
1,41,223
Turnout
86.9%
Valid votes
1,22,727
Margin
10,120
8.25%
Candidates
4 contested · winner BJP- 1PROMOD BORTHAKURBharatiya Janata Party · BJP64,22552.3%
- 2NURJAMAL SARKARIndian National Congress · INC54,10544.1%
- 3None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA2,3411.9%
- 4GOPI CHAND SHAHABADIJanata Dal (United) · JDU2,0561.7%
Since 2011
Derived- Winner then
- AGP
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +46.5%
- BJP share
- 5.8% → 52.3%
- INC share
- 44.1% → 44.1%
- Turnout
- 80.7% → 86.9%